Breakdown Maintenance Supervisor

Job Title: Breakdown Maintenance Supervisor

Company: AISIN Texas

Department: Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance

Location: Cibolo, TX

Position Summary

The Breakdown Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing maintenance team members and coordinating the troubleshooting, repair, and recovery of production equipment to minimize downtime and support manufacturing operations. This position ensures maintenance activities are performed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with established company standards. The Breakdown Maintenance Supervisor provides technical guidance, supports team member development, and utilizes root cause analysis and continuous improvement methods to identify recurring equipment issues, implement effective countermeasures, and improve overall equipment reliability and performance.

Position Responsibilities

The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Receive direction from the Breakdown Maintenance Assistant Manager and execute that direction successfully.
• Ensure all members on the breakdown team are trained in safety procedures and follow safety policies consistently, every day. This role completes regular safety audits to ensure compliance.
• Safely execute all workplace rules and standards.
• Respond to machine breakdowns as such:
• Dispatch team members to complete the requested maintenance activity or repair.
• During the repair, follow up by going-and-seeing the issue, providing technical or managerial support.
• After the repair, follow up on root cause and develop countermeasures to prevent reoccurrence.
• When not addressing a breakdown call, ensure all members are assigned a task, such as run-time checks or 5S activity.
• Regularly assess team members’ skills, coach them on their deficiencies, and work with the training team to level-up.
• Complete administrative tasks such as timecard management, purchase orders, breakdown reports, and CMMS audits.
• Establish and maintain productive and effective working relationships with AISIN Texas production team members and Japanese Maintenance team members.
• Periodically reflect on your team’s performance as well as your own, then identify what can be improved.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Displays a problem-solving mindset through words and actions
• Willingness to learn new methods for maintaining equipment
• Efficient and effective communication skills with peers and staff – use data and visuals to communicate clearly
• Knows how to build team engagement and drive performance
• Able to handle multiple tasks and prioritize in a fast-paced automotive environment
• Knowledge, use and understanding of general-purpose measuring instruments
• Possesses basic to mid-level arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
• Demonstrates the ability to interpret machine drawings or schematics and use them to troubleshoot an issue

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Experience maintaining articulated robots
• Experience troubleshooting and/or programming PLCs
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive.
• Experience applying the Toyota Way and its principles

Education/Training/Certifications

• High school Diploma or GED required; college or technical school coursework completed is a plus
• Minimum of 3 years in a maintenance technician role (mechanical or electrical in nature)
• Minimum of 1 year in a manufacturing management or supervisory role